you gotta go at it like doing a bs 50-50 but let your front truck rotate farther than normal and bend your back knee, sort of pushing the board out in front of you. I wish I could do them like rune glifberg, he can stay in a back smith for so long.

my good friend ryan cortes is living in spain right now and just put together this video that he filmed, only at famous spots.... damn. i'm a big fan of ryan's video style, but maybe it's because i know him. either way..

^That's the way I was doing it, now my work schedule is monday-friday. Nice to be on a normal schedule, but man it sucks for skating. And snowboarding is going to be rough too since I used to go during the week.

Nice better than i can do. I havent skated in like a month and its killing me. But i have to concentrate on one sport at a time.

I know what you're saying. Last summer I started skating again. Not a lot, but enough to start feeling good on a board again. But when it got close enough to snow season I decided I should focus on that and not skate anymore for the season to try to avoid the potential of getting hurt. I love skating, I'm just not that good. I'd be fired up if I couldn't snowboard due to a skate injury.

we have a few parks near me and I just get there early so I'm out of everyone's way and have plenty of room. get there around 8am, gassed by 10:30 when they are all arriving. it's perfect.

I've got to try getting to the park when there's not anybody else around too. It's not a good option waking up early though... are parks typically busy at night once the lights come on? Like from 8 till 10pm?

Took a video on my phone in 1080p and then was able to take pics from that video. Which is a sweet feature on my phone. Only thing that sucks is it's 30 fps and not 60. Had it been 60, these pics probably would have turned out better. Anyway, got a frame by frame type picture of me doing a 360 flip. First try that day too. Eventually plan on trying to put together a short skate video only using my phone camera.

Took a video on my phone in 1080p and then was able to take pics from that video. Which is a sweet feature on my phone. Only thing that sucks is it's 30 fps and not 60. Had it been 60, these pics probably would have turned out better. Anyway, got a frame by frame type picture of me doing a 360 flip. First try that day too. Eventually plan on trying to put together a short skate video only using my phone camera.

That's pretty clean I would have to say. I haven't picked up my board since I smashed my face 2 months ago trying to kickflip down a 4-stair.

I started when I was around 8 years old, I am 22 now... I don't really skateboard much anymore, been that way for the past 4-5 years now. I have actually been thinking about getting back into it though!

I started when I was around 8 years old, I am 22 now... I don't really skateboard much anymore, been that way for the past 4-5 years now. I have actually been thinking about getting back into it though!

[QUOTE=716Clothing] I started when I was around 8 years old, I am 22 now... I don't really skateboard much anymore, been that way for the past 4-5 years now. I have actually been thinking about getting back into it though!

Riding rattlesnake mountain skatepark after work today. It'll be my first time there and it's HUGE so I can't wait to check it out.

1 screenshot from the short video my bro took of me. Only my second day skating but I feel like I'm progressing well. I was super stoked to be able to ride this small bowl thing, I was just going back and forth, rolling to fakie and then back again. I finally got the momentum and speed to be able to "pump" the transition. What a good feeling that is. Maybe next time will be kickturns or axle stall. I can only hope.

Riding rattlesnake mountain skatepark after work today. It'll be my first time there and it's HUGE so I can't wait to check it out.

1 screenshot from the short video my bro took of me. Only my second day skating but I feel like I'm progressing well. I was super stoked to be able to ride this small bowl thing, I was just going back and forth, rolling to fakie and then back again. I finally got the momentum and speed to be able to "pump" the transition. What a good feeling that is. Maybe next time will be kickturns or axle stall. I can only hope.

No, not a full pipe, but another bowl/pool area. There are 4 different sizes of pools, and the one in the background actually has tiles and some serious vert on it. There were some kids rippin in there too, pretty impressive. Overall the skate park is some 40,000 sq ft. so there are plenty of features for everyone. I would say its my new favorite hobby... 1) it's cheaper than snowboarding (no season pass necessary) 2) you can do it pretty much all year as long as it's not raining/snowing/hailing etc... and 3) it is more difficult than snowboarding b/c the board is not attached to my feet. So I'm hoping it will improve my snowboarding skills as a result.

I've never been able to do treflips. pretty much every single skater I know can treflip except for me. And I've been skating for 3 years.

three years isn't shit. i've been skating for 20 years (blows my mind every time i realize that) and haven't even tried to land one. i guess that's just me, but still. three years is short. besides, sure you could learn to land tricks, but the mots important part comes either 100% naturally or it takes way longer to develop that the time it takes to learn new tricks.

internet high five to the first person who knows which important part i'm talking about.

edit: as far as the key to tres... it's all in the back foot scoop. you can almost do one without even using your fron't foot.

I've never been able to do treflips. pretty much every single skater I know can treflip except for me. And I've been skating for 3 years.

three years isn't shit. i've been skating for 20 years (blows my mind every time i realize that) and haven't even tried to land one. i guess that's just me, but still. three years is short. besides, sure you could learn to land tricks, but the mots important part comes either 100% naturally or it takes way longer to develop that the time it takes to learn new tricks.

internet high five to the first person who knows which important part i'm talking about.

edit: as far as the key to tres... it's all in the back foot scoop. you can almost do one without even using your fron't foot.

Yeah I understand. at the same time I also have never had a big desire to learn the trick, I think mainly because I like skating bowls and transition more.

Ive been skating for about 5 years and I can do tres but I dont have them consistently. I really dont care about treflips too much to want to have them down. I can nollie tre everytime though. But thats because I love nollie tricks.

Ive been skating for about 5 years and I can do tres but I dont have them consistently. I really dont care about treflips too much to want to have them down. I can nollie tre everytime though. But thats because I love nollie tricks.

I am the exact opposite haha
I get treflips 10/10. eyes closed.
but nollie tres are SOOO hard for me to land. Ill admit, nollie tres are way cooler than regular tres.

Ive been skating for about 5 years and I can do tres but I dont have them consistently. I really dont care about treflips too much to want to have them down. I can nollie tre everytime though. But thats because I love nollie tricks.

I am the exact opposite haha
I get treflips 10/10. eyes closed.
but nollie tres are SOOO hard for me to land. Ill admit, nollie tres are way cooler than regular tres.

Nollie tres felt really awkward and unnatural when I first learned them. I just did it so often that it feels great now.

Ive been skating for about 5 years and I can do tres but I dont have them consistently. I really dont care about treflips too much to want to have them down. I can nollie tre everytime though. But thats because I love nollie tricks.

I am the exact opposite haha
I get treflips 10/10. eyes closed.
but nollie tres are SOOO hard for me to land. Ill admit, nollie tres are way cooler than regular tres.

Nollie tres felt really awkward and unnatural when I first learned them. I just did it so often that it feels great now.

But tres just feel like it takes way too much effort for me.

that's how I feel about tres too, I feel like i'm using all my strength to scoop the board around

I've got a pretty awful scar on my right elbow from a fall I took back when I use to skateboard. I still wince when I think about the doctor in the emergency room triming the skin around the wound with scissors.

I've got a pretty awful scar on my right elbow from a fall I took back when I use to skateboard. I still wince when I think about the doctor in the emergency room triming the skin around the wound with scissors.

I have the same thing. but I was the one doing the trimming with my other hand..

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